I stand up everyday standing at edge the darkness
Looking back at an empty space that was me
Never did I think I would leave
They cry for me and grieve for me
I'm dead but not never gone
I'm staying in the shadows watching you grow
You'll never know me
I was gone before so
I miss you everyday, but can't go back to see you
Seeing you hurts but watching you grow brings hope
I'm a stranger in the darkness
You've never met me and never will
I hide in the darkness and watch you grow
I'm dead but not never gone
I watch every step you take but you don't know
I've seen everything you've done
I'm watching you through life
I stand in the darkness as an empty me
Never knowing who I was or meant to be
But you grow and show
That life means everything
I wish I was there
I wish they wouldn't grieve
Every year on the same day he visits and brings you
You don't know me but still feel like you do
Your father is full of grief
You look just like me
He believes you'll be okay
But what struck me will strike you
I'm just a stranger in the darkness
Watching you grow and you've never known
I miss you but died before you
You don't know me but I know you
You are mine and shall always be
You are a part of me
I'm stranger in the darkness
I'm empty and never complete
I lost everything for you
I died, I cried, I felt pain, and lost all
I miss you but you'll know
To young to remember
To young for the truth
People scared to tell you
You question where I am everyday
Until one day you found out
On the anniversary of my death
You overheard it said
"I wish she was still here," your father whispered
Now you know, I am dead
I'm just a stranger in the darkness
You shall never know me but I shall always know you
I am your mother, that is gone for all
But I'm still just a stranger in the darkness
